A free event for healthcare professionals associated with ccgs subscribing to the keele prescribing support service on the topic of consultation skills. The keele centre for medicines optimisation kcmo scans alert services for updates to national guidance, new or updated clinical evidence, and other salient new items. Most patients derive benefit from medicines, but the harm prescribed drugs can. Events centre for medicines optimisation keele university. Medicines optimisation is defined as a personcentred approach to safe and effective medicines use, to ensure people obtain the best possible outcomes from their medicines. To evaluate the feasibility and potential clinical benefits of medicines optimisation through comprehensive geriatric assessment cga of frail patients with. Helping patients to make the most of medicines the four guiding principles of medicines optimisation principle 1.
Keele university medicines optimisation in patients with dysphagia learn about dysphagia and how, as healthcare professionals, you can help patients overcome challenges with medicines. In an exclusive partnership with keele universitys centre for medicines optimisation kcmo, optum delivers. Medicines optimisation uk clinical pharmacy association. Selection and decision support tools to manage the right drugs implemented mo system in northern ireland together with the nhs medicines optimisation innovation centre. In an exclusive partnership with keele universitys centre for medicines optimisation kcmo, optum delivers robust and scalable services from advisory through to implementation. We drive improvements at system and clinician level. Keele university was commissioned to analyse and compare the results compared with those. Medicines optimisation focuses on prescribing quality and outcomes. Nhs england commissioned the keele centre for medicines optimisation kcmo to complete an evaluation of the medicines optimisation dashboard mod. Polypharmacy and medicines optimisation the kings fund.
Insomnia is not only a risk factor for certain mental conditions but a potential warning sign for serious mental or medical issues. Welcome to the school of pharmacy and bioengineering which was formed in august 2019. Centre for medicines optimisation, school of pharmacy. Disturbed sleep and associated daytime fatigue can have many adverse health consequences. Jonathan will be working 2 days a week while continuing his role as associate director medicines evidence within the nice medicines and prescribing centre. As part of the project she has undertaken indepth case study research at four acute trusts where the pharmacy departments were known to be researchactive. With nearly 20 years experience in delivering medicines management solutions and optimising medicines use, our services include. Clinical consultation skills for medicines optimisation, thursday 12 october 2017. Nice cg 76 to evaluate, in practice, the utility of the decision support tool to support decision making in stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation as part of the nicekeele university research programme. Design and intervention a tworound delphi method study using an online questionnaire. Royal pharmaceutical society medicines optimisation the rps recently released medicines optimisation. Aim to understand the patients experience to ensure the best possible outcomes from medicines, there is an ongoing, open dialogue with the. Pdf an implementation plan was developed in conjunction with the publication of the european statements of hospital pharmacy. Worldwide, medicines optimisation could achieve savings in the region of 8% of total global healthcare costs 5.
In an exclusive partnership with keele universitys centre for medicines optimisation kcmo, optum delivers robust. Polypharmacy and medicines optimisation kings fund. Introduction studies in chronic myeloid leukaemia cml have shown that adherence to oral chemotherapy is fundamental in achieving good responses where better adherence 90% is critical in achieving a major molecular response. Statements baseline survey was designed to give an insight to how well the european statements of hospital. Background there has been growing support in england for a policy of medicines optimisation as a response to the rise of problematic polypharmacy. External hyperlinks are provided as a convenience to users but are out of keeles and optums control and do not constitute an endorsement by optum or keele. Bill sandhu explains how medicines optimisation can improve the effectiveness and value of. We are grateful to the authors for shining a light on an area of care that deserves more attention.
The survey was shared together with its objectives, timeline with member. The world health organisation who has examined the case for better use of medicines and concluded that there is a large potential for improvement in health outcomes if medicines are better used 6. The aims of this study were to establish the level of adherence to oral chemotherapy of patients with malignancy,to determine how patients feel about the level of. Medicines optimisation royal pharmaceutical society. Centre for medicines optimisation keele university. The keele centre for medicines optimisation within the school of pharmacy is pleased to announce the appointment of jonathan underhill as medicines optimisation lead. Journal of medicines optimisation volume 3 issue 1 march 2017 aim of the jomo medicines optimisation is a personcentred approach to safe and effective medicines use to ensure that people obtain the best possible outcomes from their medicines. T he use of medicines is the most common therapeutic intervention in the nhs, and medicines continue to constitute a significant element of total nhs spend. A day in the life of a pharmacy business intelligence manager. The centre for medicines optimisation at keele university aims to provide costeffective evidencebased medicines optimisation support for the nhs.
Personcentred medicines optimisation policy in england. Commissioning support summary sheets and effective shared care agreement templates published by mtrac, part of the centre for medicines optimisation. To examine how patient perspectives and personcentred care values have been represented in documents on medicines optimisation policy in england. Psychotropic medicines in people with learning disabilities whose behaviour challenges ktt19 this document summarises the evidence base on psychotropic medicines in people with learning disabilities whose behaviour challenges. In partnership with the centre for medicines optimisation. Participants secondary care pharmacists and accredited. Disclaimer users acknowledge that, by posting their shared care agreement to the library, it may subsequently be adoptedadapted for use by other organisations or individuals. Centre for medicines optimisation mtrac keele university.
Medicines management, keele university accepts no responsibility for. Keeles important new evidence service kines is a concise roundup of developments and findings in key areas of primary care prescribing. Polypharmacy and medicines optimisation in publishing this paper, the fund hopes both to raise awareness of these issues and to offer practical guidance to clinicians and others in avoiding what the authors describe as problematic polypharmacy. Methods seven general practitioner gp practices in one region of stokeontrent volunteered to take part.
Atrial fibrillation decision support tool joint project. Medicine authentication technology as a counterfeit. Centre for medicines optimisation, keele university, keele, staffordshire, st5 5bg. The design and implementation of the evaluation was completed by kcmo with oversight from the. Objectives this study aims to establish expert opinion and potential improvements for the falsified medicines directive mandated medicines authentication technology. The views expressed are keeles and may not reflect local prescribing guidance. A day in the life of a pharmacist at a regional medicines information centre. Important new evidence is produced by optum as part of the scriptswitch medicines management bulletin in partnership with the centre for medicines optimisation at keele university. Northern ireland medicines optimisation scaling up. Digital toolkit aims to prevent falls amongst the elderly. Costeffective medicines mangement solutions for the nhs keele centre for medicines optimisation is a notforprofit organisation based at keele university in the school of pharmacy, providing tailored, costeffective, prescribing support solutions to the nhs.
To collaborate in the delivery of a rollout programme of. Keele university, centre for medicines optimisation, keele, uk 3pharmacy, centro hospitalar. Please login to our old website to access all the reports for your ccg. Medicines optimisation focuses on prescribing quality and. There has been growing support in england for a policy of medicines optimisation as a response to the rise of problematic polypharmacy. Keele university centre for medicines optimisation offers a wide range of medicines optimisation services. Medicines optimisation applies to people who may or may not take their medicines effectively. Medicines optimisation overview nice pathways bring together everything nice says on a topic in an interactive flowchart. Nhs england medicines optimisation prioritisation project.
The university feels these principles resonate now more than ever. We offer solutions to support medicines optimisation, including scriptswitch which. Optimisation, keele university, keele, staffordshire, uk. Integrated medicines management imm or medicines optimisation. Results of eahp s 2018 survey on medicines shortages. Nice pathways are interactive and designed to be used online. Previous appointments 2004 2007 vice president rcog. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. This report by keele university takes the recommendations from nice and.
Keele university campus nestles in 600 acres of countryside, situated in the heart of the uk. Nhs england medicines optimisation prototype dashboard. Working with gps, commissioners and local medicines management teams, our services include. Md thesis university of london 2005 md thesis keele university 2003 mphil thesis keele university 2002 phd thesis keele university 2002 further information. Offices in amsterdam and dublin, multidisciplinary staff of. Objectives to evaluate the feasibility and potential clinical benefits of medicines optimisation through comprehensive geriatric assessment cga of frail patients with multiple conditions, by secondary care geriatricians in a general practice care setting. Simon thomas keele university simon thomas, prescribing decision support, centre for medicines optimisation, keele university in 2014, a joint working group was formed to collaborate in the development and dissemination of a tool that would support stroke prevention decisionmaking in patients with atrial fibrillation. The potential clinical benefits of medicines optimisation.
Summary of the impact research undertaken on prescribing strategy by the centre for medicines optimisation school of pharmacy is embedded in nhs policy for medicines management. The keele centre for medicines optimisation at keele university was commissioned in september 2014 to conduct a survey among european hospital pharmacists to establish a baseline to assess awareness of the statements and to identify any barriers to their implementation. Keele university was founded more than 60 years ago on the belief that they met the demands of a new kind of society, economy and world. Keele university school of pharmacy and bioengineering.
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